Ch.5

Question 0

Migration:

Answer 0

A large movement of people

Question 1

frontier:

Answer 1

The land that lies beyond a settled area

Question 2

Land speculator:

Answer 2

A person who buys land at a low price with the hope of selling it later for a higher price

Question 3

Profit:

Answer 3

The money left over after all costs have been paid

Question 4

Turnpike:

Answer 4

A road that people must pay to use

Question 5

Impress:

Answer 5

To force into military service

Question 6

Canal:

Answer 6

Human made water way

Question 7

Lock:

Answer 7

A part of a canal in which the water can be raised

Question 8

Aqueduct:

Answer 8

A large pipe to carry water

Question 9

Technology:

Answer 9

The use of new ideas/knowledge

Question 10

Locomotive:

Answer 10

A train engine used to move railroad cars

Question 11

Telegraph:

Answer 11

Tech used to send messages

Question 12

Industrial revolution:

Answer 12

The period of time in 1800s when machines replaced hands

Question 13

Textile:

Answer 13

Cloth

Question 14

Garment:

Answer 14

Piece of clothing

Question 15

Reform:

Answer 15

To change for the better

Question 16

Abolish:

Answer 16

To end

Question 17

Abolishin:

Answer 17

A person who convinces the United States to end slavery

Question 18

Secede:

Answer 18

To separate from

Question 19

Civil war:

Answer 19

A war between to groups of the sane country

Question 20

Draft:

Answer 20

A way to force people into the military

Question 21

Riot:

Answer 21

A violent protest

Question 22

Red jacket said that the Seneca Indians should sell the land T/F

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Mary Jemison was a settler who was captured by native Americans and raised at Seneca T/F

Answer 23

True

Question 24

As people continued to move west, towns sprang in central and western NY

Answer 24

True

Question 25

In 1801 Hugh White founded the town of buffalo

Answer 25

True

Question 26

In the winter some people traveled turnpikes by sleigh

Answer 26

True

Question 27

In which time zone do “I” live in

Answer 27

ETZ (eastern time zone)

Question 28

When it is 10am in NYC what time is it in Los Angeles?

Answer 28

7am

Question 29

What happened as people in New York continue to move to the western frontier?

Answer 29

C) new towns grew in central and western New York

Question 30

The governor who was responsible for the Erie Canal was—

Answer 30

DeWitt Clinton

Question 31

Which is N O T a way in technology changed the lives of New Yorkers in 1800s?

Answer 31

The Underground Railroad was built

Question 32

The telegraph was invented by:

Answer 32

Samuel F.B. Morse

Question 33

The underground railroad was—

Answer 33

A set of routes and safe places used to help enslaved people escape